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They have very thin, long legs with thin gray bristles. Females are slightly larger than males, growing to 8mm in body length. Long-bodied cellar spiders are often referred to as daddy long legs.
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When food is scarce, cellar spiders have also been known to eat each other too. Common name: daddy long-legs spider, long-bodied cellar spider, skull spider. This particular spider feasts on small moths, flies, mosquitoes, and other insects and small pests. Not only dwelling in these spaces, cellar spiders also nest in crawlspaces, closets, attics, rock piles and other environments that are both dark and offer plenty of humidity. Pholcus phalangioides (Long-bodied Cellar Spider) has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. They live primarily in basements and cellars, which is how they earned their name. Living for around two years on average, cellar spiders prefer to build their nests in close proximity of each other, creating web communities. Common throughout the United States, these narrow-bodied spiders are about a third of an inch long, but their legs can be up to 2 1/2 inches in length. Constructing loose and irregular shaped webs, cellar spiders hang upside down in them as they wait for their prey. Cellar Spiders, commonly referred to as Daddy Long Leg spiders, are long-bodied brown spiders that have super-thin legs. Though they are venomous (like 99 of all North American spiders), they are not poisonous. Both species have medium-sized eyes, bodies up to 8 mm long, and a colour that is grey, light brown or pale yellow. The Long-bodied Cellar Spider has very small chelicera (mouth parts) and is not known to bite people. Long-bodied cellar spiders have a 2-inch leg span while the short-bodied variant has a 1/2-inch leg span. Generally speaking, there are two cellar spider species in Canada – long-bodied and short-bodied. The cellar spider, also known as the daddy long-legs spider, is almost only ever found indoors, where they benefit from a warm, stable temperature.